The Mitsubishi Pajero will not be replaced
- Perhaps as one of the consequences of the acquisition of Mitsubishi Motors by Nissan, Mitsubishi announced that the Pajero will not be replaced. This "old-fashioned" SUV no longer corresponds to the global demand for less rustic and more versatile SUVs, and its sales have been halved over the past ten years, from 90,000 units in 2007 to 40 000 in 2017. Moreover, this model is redundant with the Nissan Patrol which is now part of the same group. The Patrol has evolved over time, and its sales volume (85,000 in 2017 against 25,000 in 2007) is well above that of Pajero. Last year, the Patrol sold twice as much as the Pajero.
- It seems that the Renault-Nissan group has decided to focus all its forces in this category of vehicles on the Nissan Patrol, which is expected to take over the Mitsubishi Pajero, to better compete with the Toyota Land Cruiser which totals 300,000 sales in 2017 ( compared with 265,000 in 2007) and which remains the best-selling SUV in this category.
- Mitsubishi will focus on its more modern and versatile SUVs, such as ASX, Eclipse Cross and Outlander.
- The Mitsubishi Pajero was launched in 1981 to compete with the Toyota Land Cruiser and the current generation (which should be discontinued in 2019) is the fourth whose commercialization began in 2006. This model is now a dozen years old, which is an advanced age for a motor vehicle.
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